Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c15.s2.20
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c15.s2.20
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c15.s2.20
Dr. Smith shows good grounds for believing that the dominions of Samprati included Avanti and Western India.¹ In his *Aśoka*² he admits that the hypothesis that Aśoka left two grandsons, of whom one (Daśaratha) succeeded him in his eastern and the other (Samprati) in his western dominions, is little more than a guess.³ The Jaina writers represent Samprati as ruling over Pāṭaliputra as well as Ujjayinī. His name is mentioned in the Purāṇic list of Aśoka's Magadhan successors.